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so has anybody here seen the series firefly? it ran for only one season on FOX but then it got canceled because nobody even knew it existed. Anyway, so my brother got the season on dvd for his birthday and it is really good, in fact, the dvd sales were so good that they're making it into a movie now. I just wanted to know if anybody else has seen it.

I loved the show. Unfortunately the network showed the series out of order, so episode 2 was episode 1, the premire was the finale, and all in all I think the network wanted to screw over the series. They wanted a break out hit, and did not get it. Not that Buffy or any of his other series were "break out" hits, but they all developed deep and loyal fan bases that support them in syndication.

it's a awsome show and fox will be kicking themselves (if they arn't already) once the movie comes out. I personally can't wait for it, especially since they're having the origional cast. The movie will be called "Serenity" and I suggest the when it comes out in fall (I think that's when it'l be done) that everybody must go and see it.

We have the movie. It was pretty good... it was just a two part episode in my mind. And

We have the RPG.

The RPG is pretty good. It is kind of shiney. The game system works reasonably well. It is an independent system, nothing specifically like it. It is fast and easy to use. One die for stat, one die for appropriate skill, beat the difficulty mechanics. The ship system makes sense. The crew system is okay. There is not enough background material to make the setting come alive (unlike Wheel of Time D20, Game of Thrones D20, or Buffy RPG, which you can run well without ever having seen the books/ series). Like the Babylon 5 RPG, if you don't know the series, much of the good stuff will be totally lost on you.

Still, if you are a fan... you will want the game. And the cult following extends into the RPG community. There is a ton of stuff on the net for the game.

Also get the people at your local Borders to order it. They say, they can get it in 7 days, but nobody who has ordered it from them has gotten it in under 8. And because they said it was 7, you get it for free.

I have the series and the movie on DVD. The series I think puts it in order the way it should have been but it ended way on a note that just dropped the ball. I liked the movie alot but I think like Moon said it was more like a season finale that was in two parts. It could have been much better but they just hashed it to get it done I think.

To bad there will never be another series of Firefly... Josh Weldon (?) said he is glad for the success but there will never be another Firefly done.

Firefly is quite possibly the best sci fi Ive ever seen, and the characters are definitely the greatest and most well developed characters of any sci fi, and possibly even of any TV series. Take Mal, for instance. He's deep, he's got motivations, he's flawed... he was a soldier in a war, on the losing side, and even though he's lost his faith he can't abandon the principles he once felt so strongly about. He's a tormented character, getting old, and the worlds become a hostile place. He's got defense mechanisms, but not all of them work too well anymore. He's also hilarious, witty, and a total badass.

Farscape did the same exact thing when Sci-Fi got their greedy hands on it. It went three perfect seasons with no hitch. Then Sci-Fi bought it and it barely lastest 2/3 of the fourth season. It was good, had good character developmentand a lot of humor not familiar to the states.

The Farscape community cried enough so they got a four hour mini series movie on Sci-Fi but it should have sent to the theaters. It would have been so much better.

And woah, hang on. RPG? This has until now escaped me, for the love of god tell me where to find it lol

« Last Edit: February 20, 2006, 02:14:52 PM by Arminas »

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Actually seen Firefly and Serenity a while ago, just wanted to let it soak up. (Plus somehow didn't find the time for a proper homage. Bad manfred.)

It is a wonderful story, with great characters and too many funny quotes to choose from. Should get an Oscar for the dialogues only!

To give a Citadel ranking to the whole thing, it is a clear 5.0 for me. The movie seems to be a bit weaker than the series (but there is THE Message included that makes up for it), and the first few parts, as well as the last part of the series did not appeal to me as much (so only 4.0-4.5 for those). As a whole, however, it is an excellent story, a lovable series that contains so much humour, action and emotions that would dearly love to see something like that in a campaign, mine or anyone's.

As an aside, you can't help but imagine putting a character or two into an RPG - take Mr. Niska, your ideal employer for any group even slightly on the border of law. Don't you cross him, or... things will be not so solid with you. Or the Operative from the movie, another psycho and excellent opponent.

In the end, the strongest aspect is the emotional impact - it is a human story. It is also great how the most funny moments are combined with the most chilling, or sad moments. I have seen it whole two times in a row, and may see it another time again. It is worth it.

EDIT: Advice to anyone watching it - see the series first, then the movie. While the movie is fine on itself, it is much better if you know the characters and their background.

I mean that. We have had the aborted series we love. We have had the movie (which is not going to be followed up). We even have a rpg. Is there a book series? At least Star Trek quickly spawned a number of books based upon it. But as of now, nothing is happening with it.

So are we Firefly/ Serenity fans going to go the way of Original BattleStar Galactica fans or Space 1999 fans? Before the new series, there were still a number of die hard BSG fans that loved the series, Moppets are all. They wore the jackets. They said Frac! They were dedicated because there had been nothing but a few fan fics, while Star Trek fans generated tons of them. They just hung on to it.

Are we the same?

Are we just going to hang out in odd corners of conventions dressing oddly (in costume for Firefly which few and few people will recognize), talking to the dwindling number of other fanatics (at conventions and in discussion groups), and going on about the "good old days", about how the network killed this wonderful show, about how people really don't understand it, and so on.

We could always attempt to write our own Firefly books. I mean, it was fans of StarTrek that wrote those, wasn't it? And I don't know about you, but I intend to keep forcibly converting people until they take my boxed set away.

I hadn't even heard of Firefly until the movie Serenity came out. After seeing Serenity I rushed out and bought Firefly. Sad to see that the series didn't make it past season one. That is one show I would have watched religiously.

Fans writing books is what, in my opinion, crushed the Starwars expanded universe. As far as I can see, there is nothing that can be done at the moment. Besides, being small in number gives us an excuse to be elitist snobs, Like people who played 2nd edition AD&D, and that's alwayss fun!

I think one of the things going against FireFly was the opening song. I also bought the DVD set after watching the movie, Serenity, and I couldn't stand the lyrics or the tune. And since on TV you'd have to sit through it, it seems like a real show-buster.

I really hope they come out with more movies or another series, it's really awesome, but they don't explain enough! >__>